Post by eyesofmist on Apr 22, 2015 22:59:59 GMT
I've been watching this show and enjoying it very much so far. I have chosen this quote from an interview to Clive Standen,one of the actors, because he says something really interesting, something very imporatant in Martin's books but not so much in the show:
Clive is Rollo in the series and he is in love with his sister in law. In season one he is a really bad guy or so he seems. He isn't a flat character anyway,the guy has redeeming qualities too and reasons for his bad behaviour,but what I find interesting is the emphasis the actor puts on how good writing consists of showing scenes for a reason,because they will lead to something else eventually and if they don't this may be frustrating for the actors (and the viewers or readers), as it does't make sense.
This is the link to the interview:
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Clive is Rollo in the series and he is in love with his sister in law. In season one he is a really bad guy or so he seems. He isn't a flat character anyway,the guy has redeeming qualities too and reasons for his bad behaviour,but what I find interesting is the emphasis the actor puts on how good writing consists of showing scenes for a reason,because they will lead to something else eventually and if they don't this may be frustrating for the actors (and the viewers or readers), as it does't make sense.
Do you think part of his attraction to Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) comes from living in that shadow?
Way back in Season 1, you figured he's hitting on his brother's wife. But the way she acts it's like he's not just chancing it, there's a history there. Or is there? It's not really spoken about again. In Season 3, maybe you'll find out there was a relationship between Lagertha and Rollo before Ragnar came along, and that's partly why he resents his brother so much. Did he steal the love of his life? Or did she feel that way at all? Was it all in his head?
There's definitely something there and I think that's the quality of the writing. Michael Hirst puts in these little things and knows exactly what he's going to do with it. Is that a red herring? What am I going to do with this? I'm always building my back story and when I work with other writers, it can be frustrating because you put emphasis on this one thing and it never comes back again. But with Michael you can trust him because it's there for a reason. If it's not important, he'd cut it.
Way back in Season 1, you figured he's hitting on his brother's wife. But the way she acts it's like he's not just chancing it, there's a history there. Or is there? It's not really spoken about again. In Season 3, maybe you'll find out there was a relationship between Lagertha and Rollo before Ragnar came along, and that's partly why he resents his brother so much. Did he steal the love of his life? Or did she feel that way at all? Was it all in his head?
There's definitely something there and I think that's the quality of the writing. Michael Hirst puts in these little things and knows exactly what he's going to do with it. Is that a red herring? What am I going to do with this? I'm always building my back story and when I work with other writers, it can be frustrating because you put emphasis on this one thing and it never comes back again. But with Michael you can trust him because it's there for a reason. If it's not important, he'd cut it.
This is the link to the interview:
link
